Morning Brief

Four killed as intercity train catches fire in Dhaka's Gopibagh

At least four people were burned to death as an intercity train caught on fire in the capital’s Gopibagh.

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Smoke coming out of the Benapole ExpressTrain that was set on fire on Friday, January 5, 2024. Photo: Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Police suspect Benapole Express train fire to be planned attack

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner (Crime and Operations) Mahid Uddin said the Benapole Express train fire was a planned attack.

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Photo: Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

EC orders transfer, filing of cases on election eve

The Election Commission (EC) remains vigilant in ensuring a fair and impartial electoral environment as the nation gears up for Sunday’s parliamentary polls.

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BGB members are patrolling the Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

UN: Gaza has 'simply become uninhabitable'

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths on Friday said Gaza had become "uninhabitable" after relentless bombing by Israeli forces in retaliation for the Hamas fighter group's attack in October.

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People search building rubble for items to salvage following an early morning Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 12, 2023. Photo: AFP